Aldo Ferrer – författare

This book originally published in 1985, looked at Argentina’s international insolvency issues and looks at the dilemma of how to proceed in order to ensure its economic sovereignty; in other words, its right to its own destiny. The book goes beyond social and economic areas and concludes that for real independence the Argentine Government has to t

This book examines the fiscal chaos and the external debt question in Argentine economy. It identifies the main sources of the public and monetary imbalances and outlines some basic measures for resolving the problems. The book proposes a financial reform to reduce the fiscal deficit.

This book originally published in 1985, looked at Argentina''s international insolvency issues and looks at the dilemma of how to proceed in order to ensure its economic sovereignty; in other words, its right to its own destiny. The book goes beyond social and economic areas and concludes that for real independence the Argentine Government has to ta

This book originally published in 1985, looked at Argentina''s international insolvency issues and looks at the dilemma of how to proceed in order to ensure its economic sovereignty; in other words, its right to its own destiny. The book goes beyond social and economic areas and concludes that for real independence the Argentine Government has to ta

Argentina poses a challenge to economists, economic historians, political scientists, and other concerned with the interrelationship of political and economic forces in developing nations. Although possessed of most of the attributes generally thought necessary for rapid and self-sustaining development, her economy has barely kept up with the population increase, and living standards of large segments of the population have not advanced. The causes of this paradox have never been adequately explained. Ferrer interprets the economic stagnation of Argentina in historical terms, tracing the evolution of the country's economy through four separate stages, beginning with the colonial era in the sixteenth century. Most attention is given to the period of "nonintegrated industrial economy," from 1930 to the present. According to Ferrer, modern Argentina was formed in the second half of the nineteenth century, when the country was integrated into the world economy as a large producer and exporter of agricultural products. The great influx of immigrants and foreign capital led to a rapid disintegration of the traditional society, which had been composed of isolated regional economies with a low level of economic and social development. The Pampa area, an "open space" that had been largely uninhabited, became the nucleus of the subsequent expansion because of its rich land resources and humid and temperate climate. The dislocation of the international economy after the world economic crisis of the 1930's and the rigidity of the Argentine agricultural economy, confronted the country with need to industrialize and diversify its economic structure. Some progress has been made along this road, but Ferrer attributes Argentina's postwar difficulties to the lack of proper answers to the problems of an agricultural economy in transition to a modern industrial society. The author relates economic data to the broader social and political issues. He forsees a definitive confrontation between two social and economic forces: one favoring maintenance of the status quo, the other advocating an enlightened policy of basic industrial growth. The outcome of this confrontation will have a profound impact on the future of Argentina and, indeed, all Latin America. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1967.

Argentina poses a challenge to economists, economic historians, political scientists, and other concerned with the interrelationship of political and economic forces in developing nations. Although possessed of most of the attributes generally thought necessary for rapid and self-sustaining development, her economy has barely kept up with the population increase, and living standards of large segments of the population have not advanced. The causes of this paradox have never been adequately explained. Ferrer interprets the economic stagnation of Argentina in historical terms, tracing the evolution of the country's economy through four separate stages, beginning with the colonial era in the sixteenth century. Most attention is given to the period of "nonintegrated industrial economy," from 1930 to the present. According to Ferrer, modern Argentina was formed in the second half of the nineteenth century, when the country was integrated into the world economy as a large producer and exporter of agricultural products. The great influx of immigrants and foreign capital led to a rapid disintegration of the traditional society, which had been composed of isolated regional economies with a low level of economic and social development. The Pampa area, an "open space" that had been largely uninhabited, became the nucleus of the subsequent expansion because of its rich land resources and humid and temperate climate. The dislocation of the international economy after the world economic crisis of the 1930's and the rigidity of the Argentine agricultural economy, confronted the country with need to industrialize and diversify its economic structure. Some progress has been made along this road, but Ferrer attributes Argentina's postwar difficulties to the lack of proper answers to the problems of an agricultural economy in transition to a modern industrial society. The author relates economic data to the broader social and political issues. He forsees a definitive confrontation between two social and economic forces: one favoring maintenance of the status quo, the other advocating an enlightened policy of basic industrial growth. The outcome of this confrontation will have a profound impact on the future of Argentina and, indeed, all Latin America. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1967.

Se trata de un texto clásico, editado por primera vez en 1983, el cual vuelve a aparecer con su planteamiento central: cómo los argentinos han de decidir su destino como nación y su inserción en la globalización, a la vez que sólo con sus propios recursos podrán sortear la crisis.

La expansión de las nuevas tecnologías de la información y la comunicación y el impulso renovado a la apertura de los intercambios comerciales entre las naciones son datos que parecerían confirmar que la «globalización» del planeta, el paso de escalas nacionales y regionales a una escala global de intercambios y de relaciones, es algo reciente. Sin embargo, a pesar de la magnitud que ha alcanzado, el fenómeno de la globalización no es nuevo. Tiene exactamente una antigüedad de cinco siglos, cuando, por primera vez en la historia, se verificaron simultáneamente dos condiciones: el aumento de la productividad del trabajo y un orden mundial global. Entonces aparece, en escala planetaria, el dilema fundamental de las interacciones entre el ámbito interno y el contexto mundial como determinante del desarrollo y el subdesarrollo de los países, y del reparto del poder entre los mismos.En esta obra, Aldo Ferrer se ocupa precisamente de los orígenes del proceso globalizador, con la convicción de que el pasado es una fuente inagotable de enseñanzas para comprender los problemas actuales de la internacionalización, ya sea que deriven de la producción o de la globalización financiera, pero también de las migraciones, del crecimiento demográfico, de la pobreza o de las agresiones al medio ambiente.En un recorrido que, partiendo de las vísperas de la expansión de Europa, recorre hasta fines del siglo XVIII –el período que cubre, según la expresión del autor, el Primer Orden Económico Mundial–, Ferrer estudia los principales hitos de un proceso globalizador de cuya sorprendente evolución somos protagonistas y testigos. Libro de historia económica y política, pero también religiosa y demográfica, Historia de la globalización I es una obra apasionante y, al mismo tiempo, fundamental para entender el complejo mundo que habitamos.

En la última década del siglo xv, los desembarcos de Cristóbal Colón en Guanahaní y de Vasco da Gama en Calicut inauguraron el Primer Orden Mundial de alcance planetario y, también, la globalización. Durante los cinco siglos transcurridos desde entonces, la formación del orden mundial reflejó los cambios en la tecnología y la productividad, sobre cuyas bases se transformaron luego el ejercicio del poder y los sistemas de dominación que articularon las relaciones internacionales. La historia de la globalización puede ser abordada a partir de una periodización elaborada teniendo en cuenta la distinta naturaleza de las fuerzas operantes en la formación del sistema planetario. La primera etapa, el Primer Orden Mundial comprendido entre 1500 y 1800, fue objeto del volumen Historia de la globalización I. Orígenes del Orden Económico Mundial. Este volumen se ocupa del Segundo Orden Mundial. Incluye, como fenómeno dominante, la Revolución Industrial y abarca desde los alrededores de 1800 hasta el estallido, en 1914, de la primera gran guerra del siglo XX.